New Delhi: There is political uproar after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay on 27 per cent quota for OBCs in Central educational institutes of higher education.
The Congress core group is meeting in Delhi on Friday to discuss the issue, under pressure from its allies.
Meanwhile, student unions in Tamil Nadu held protests in Chennai against the court order.
The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution demanding that Parliament be convened to discuss the stay order.
Chief minister M Karunanidhi said the ruling was an infringement of rights of Parliament. While DMK has already called a bandh on Saturday on the issue, its partner, the PMK, is planning rallies and protests.
The issue also figured in Andhra Pradesh assembly, where the opposition forced adjournment on Friday morning.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad says the Centre will do its best to put up a strong case in the Supreme Court.
“The Centre will deliberate on the stay and then we'll put forward a strong case. It is our duty to protect the interests of the backward classes,” said Lalu.
CP(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, however, said the Centre must create political consensus on the quota issue.
“The party is of the opinion that the Government should call an all political party meeting to decide how to proceed in the light of SC stay order since there was a resolution passed by the Parliament on this,” he said.
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